Mirach s Ghost
As far asghosts go, Mirach’s Ghost isn’t really thatscary.Mirach’s Ghost is just a faint, fuzzy galaxy, well known to astronomers,that happens to be seen nearly along the line-of-sight toMirach,a bright star.Centered in this star field,Mirach is also called Beta Andromedae.About 200 light-years distant, Mirach is a redgiant star, cooler than the Sun butmuch larger and so intrinsically much brighter than ourparent star.
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